Visorbearer
Appearance
Visorbearer | |
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Augastes lumachella | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Subfamily: | Polytminae |
Genus: | Augastes Gould, 1849 |
Species | |
2, see text |
The visorbearers are hummingbirds in the bitypic genus Augastes in the family Trochilidae. The genus contains the following species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Augastes lumachella | Hooded visorbearer | Brazil |
Augastes scutatus | Hyacinth visorbearer | Brazil |